Administrative divisions of Mexico

The United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities (Spanish: entidades federativas) (31 states and 1 federal district).

According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign.^[1] Each state has their own congress and constitution, but the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress and government. The territory of the Federal District, commonly known as Mexico City, serves as the national capital.

Divisions of Mexico

Main article: Territorial evolution of Mexico

Federal district

Entity	Official Name	Flag	Area	Population (2010)[2]	Date of establishment
Ciudad de México	Distrito Federal		0 1,485 km2 (573.4 sq mi)	08,720,916	181912141824-11-18[3]

States

States of Mexico

State	Official Name Estado Libre y Soberano de:	Flag	Capital	Largest city	Area[4]	Population (2010)[2]	Order of Admission to Federation	Date of Admission to Federation
Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes		Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes	0056185,618 km2 (2,169 sq mi)	011849961,184,996	2424	181912141857-02-05[5]
Baja California	Baja California		Mexicali	Tijuana	07144671,446 km2 (27,585 sq mi)	031550703,155,070	2929	181912141952-01-16[6]
Baja California Sur	Baja California Sur		La Paz	La Paz	07392273,922 km2 (28,541 sq mi)	00637026637,026	3131	181912141974-10-08[7]
Campeche	Campeche		San Francisco de Campeche	San Francisco de Campeche	05792457,924 km2 (22,365 sq mi)	00822441822,441	2525	181912141863-04-29[8]
Chiapas	Chiapas		Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	07328973,289 km2 (28,297 sq mi)	047965804,796,580	1919	181912141824-09-14[9]
Chihuahua	Chihuahua		Chihuahua	Ciudad Juárez	247455247,455 km2 (95,543 sq mi)	034064653,406,465	1818	181912141824-07-06[9]
Coahuila1 4	Coahuila de Zaragoza		Saltillo	Torreón	151563151,563 km2 (58,519 sq mi)	027483912,748,391	1616	181912141824-05-07[9]
Colima	Colima		Colima	Manzanillo	0056255,625 km2 (2,172 sq mi)	00650,555 650,555	2323	1856120909-12-1856[10][11]
Durango	Durango		Victoria de Durango	Victoria de Durango	123451123,451 km2 (47,665 sq mi)	016329341,632,934	1717	181912141824-05-22[9]
Guanajuato	Guanajuato		Guanajuato	León	03060830,608 km2 (11,818 sq mi)	054863725,486,372	022	181912141823-12-20[9]
Guerrero	Guerrero		Chilpancingo de los Bravo	Acapulco de Juárez	06362163,621 km2 (24,564 sq mi)	033887683,388,768	2121	181912141849-10-27[12]
Hidalgo	Hidalgo		Pachuca de Soto	Pachuca de Soto	02084620,846 km2 (8,049 sq mi)	026650182,665,018	2626	181912141869-01-16[13]
Jalisco	Jalisco		Guadalajara	Guadalajara	07859978,599 km2 (30,347 sq mi)	073506827,350,682	099	181912141823-12-23[9]
México	México		Toluca de Lerdo	Ecatepec de Morelos	02235722,357 km2 (8,632 sq mi)	1517586215,175,862	011	181912141823-12-20[9]
Michoacán	Michoacán de Ocampo		Morelia	Morelia	05864358,643 km2 (22,642 sq mi)	043510374,351,037	055	181912141823-12-22[9]
Morelos	Morelos		Cuernavaca	Cuernavaca	0048934,893 km2 (1,889 sq mi)	017772271,777,227	2727	181912141869-04-17[14]
Nayarit	Nayarit		Tepic	Tepic	02781527,815 km2 (10,739 sq mi)	010849791,084,979	2828	181912141917-01-26[15]
Nuevo León4	Nuevo León		Monterrey	Monterrey	06422064,220 km2 (24,800 sq mi)	046534584,653,458	1515	181912141824-05-07[9]
Oaxaca	Oaxaca		Oaxaca de Juárez	Oaxaca de Juárez	09379393,793 km2 (36,214 sq mi)	038019623,801,962	033	181912141823-12-21[9]
Puebla	Puebla		Puebla de Zaragoza	Puebla de Zaragoza	03429034,290 km2 (13,240 sq mi)	057798295,779,829	044	181912141823-12-21[9]
Querétaro	Querétaro		Santiago de Querétaro	Santiago de Querétaro	01168411,684 km2 (4,511 sq mi)	018279371,827,937	1111	181912141823-12-23[9]
Quintana Roo	Quintana Roo		Chetumal	Cancún	04236142,361 km2 (16,356 sq mi)	013255781,325,578	3030	181912141974-10-08[16]
San Luis Potosí	San Luis Potosí		San Luis Potosí	San Luis Potosí	06098360,983 km2 (23,546 sq mi)	025855182,585,518	066	181912141823-12-22[9]
Sinaloa	Sinaloa		Culiacán	Culiacán	05737757,377 km2 (22,153 sq mi)	027677612,767,761	2020	181912141830-10-14[17]
Sonora2	Sonora		Hermosillo	Hermosillo	179503179,503 km2 (69,306 sq mi)	026624802,662,480	1212	181912141824-01-10[9]
Tabasco5	Tabasco		Villahermosa	Villahermosa	02473824,738 km2 (9,551 sq mi)	022386032,238,603	1313	181912141824-02-07[9]
Tamaulipas4	Tamaulipas		Ciudad Victoria	Reynosa	08017580,175 km2 (30,956 sq mi)	032685543,268,554	1414	181912141824-02-07[9]
Tlaxcala	Tlaxcala		Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl	Vicente Guerrero	0039913,991 km2 (1,541 sq mi)	011699361,169,936	2222	181912141856-12-09[18]
Veracruz	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Xalapa	Veracruz	07182071,820 km2 (27,730 sq mi)	076431947,643,194	077	181912141823-12-22[9]
Yucatán3	Yucatán		Mérida	Mérida	03961239,612 km2 (15,294 sq mi)	019555771,955,577	088	181912141823-12-23[9]
Zacatecas	Zacatecas		Zacatecas	Zacatecas	07553975,539 km2 (29,166 sq mi)	014906681,490,668	1010	181912141823-12-23[9]

Notes:

1. Joined the federation with the name of Coahuila y Texas.
2. Joined the federation with the name of Estado de Occidente also recognized as Sonora y Sinaloa.
3. Joined the federation as República Federada de Yucatán^[19] (English: Federated Republic of Yucatán) formed by the current states of Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Roo. Became independent in 1841 constituting the second Republic of Yucatán and definitely rejoined in 1848.
4. States of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and Coahuila became independent de facto in 1840 to form the República del Río Grande (English: Republic of the Rio Grande); never consolidated its independence because independent forces were defeated by the centralist forces.^[20]
5. State of Tabasco seceded from Mexico on two occasions, the first on February 13, 1841, rejoining again on December 2, 1842. And the second time was from November 9, 1846 to December 8 of that year.

Related pages

• Administrative division
• List of Latin American subnational entities by HDI
• List of Mexican state demonyms
• List of Mexican state governors
• List of Mexican states by area
• List of Mexican states by HDI
• List of Mexican states by population
• Mexican state name etymologies
• Ranked list of Mexican states
• State governments of Mexico
• Territorial evolution of Mexico